CHRISTINA APPLEGATE

Christina Applegate announced to the world in 2008 that she was a breast cancer survivor and that she'd had a double mastectomy to prevent recurrence of the cancer that also struck her mom. "I am a 36-year-old person with breast cancer, and not many people know that that happens to women my age or women in their 20s," Applegate told "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2008.

Christina Applegate announced to the world in 2008 that she was a breast cancer survivor and that she'd had a double mastectomy to prevent recurrence of the cancer that also struck her mom. "I am a 36-year-old person with breast cancer, and not many people know that that happens to women my age or women in their 20s," Applegate told "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2008. (Handout photo)

Christina Applegate announced to the world in 2008 that she was a breast cancer survivor and that she'd had a double mastectomy to prevent recurrence of the cancer that also struck her mom. "I am a 36-year-old person with breast cancer, and not many people know that that happens to women my age or women in their 20s," Applegate told "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2008.Handout photo